The MIT HR Center for WorkLife and WellBeing
We are committed to meeting the personal and professional needs of the diverse, global MIT community — whatever they may be.
We are committed to meeting the personal and professional needs of the diverse, global MIT community — whatever they may be.
The MIT HR Center for WorkLife and WellBeing offers a popular Webinar Series with research-based information to help MIT members with a diverse array of work-life and wellbeing issues.
See comprehensive resources and assistance for MIT parents who need guidance around finding and choosing child care, schools, and summer camps.
See our internationally recognized program of services to support MIT community members who are raising children.
Find a range of resources, services, and workshops to support young adults at MIT as they move forward in their careers and personal lives.
Explore a comprehensive range of programs and support services for those at MIT who are caring for aging loved ones.
Visit MIT Adult & Senior Care to access our Adult & Senior Care Services through Care.com, which are available to current benefits-eligible MIT faculty and staff, postdoc associates and postdoc fellows.
Visit MIT Backup Senior & Adult Care to learn more about, and register for backup adult care you can really trust, for medical appointments, transportation, meal preparation, medication prompting, assistance with bathing and dressing, etc.
You can access backup child care, provided by Care.com, in your home or at a licensed child care center, near your home or workplace.
Backup child care can assist when normal child care or school arrangements are disrupted by school closings, vacations, provider illness, or a child's mild illness. You have the following two backup child care options:
MIT faculty, staff, and postdoctoral associates and fellows can request up to 15 child care and/or adult care referrals per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) without being charged registration or placement fees.
Visit Child Care / Schools to explore the full range of child care resources and children’s programs available to you through your MIT Benefits, including child care centers, nannies and babysitters, after-school programs, temporary care providers, summer camps, and playgroups.
We support the parents and families in our MIT community at every stage of their child’s life.
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Visit Schools and Summer Camps to explore resources on a wide range of topics, including:
New here? Or are you an MIT manager who needs to onboard new employees? We've got you covered. See our New Employee Onboarding site and our onboarding resources just for managers.
There are plenty of discounts and perks among the exceptional work and life benefits MIT offers to employees. Are you taking advantage of them?
A career can have many different paths – and each one is unique. Listen as Michele King Harrington, Career Development Program Administrator in Human Resources, talks with six MIT employees about their career journeys at the Institute. Discover their helpful advice for your own career development planning (Touchstone required).